In this book of poetry, Phillips Kloss continues to reveal the mysteries and wonders of the Taos valley and Northern New Mexico. Mr. Kloss muses and reflects on the solar system and peers at one-celled life with equal veracity. His observations of the familiar give the reader pause; perhaps there is more than meets the eye.

Phillips Kloss was born in Webster Groves, Missouri in 1902. He moved to New Mexico in 1916 where he worked on his brother’s ranch, later graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1925. Once a reporter for the San Francisco Bulletin, he married the artist/etcher Alice Geneva Glasier (Gene Kloss) and moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1927. He is also the author of The Great Kiva, Rainbow Obsidian, The Stronghold, and The Taos Crescent, all from Sunstone Press.

“A keen look at any number of things: at other poets, at classical music and musicians, at bird songs, at Greek mythical heroes and our own semimythical ones. All his poems are crisp, insightful and ingenious.” —New Mexico Magazine